Editing 1603 in science (section)

==Astronomy==
* [[Johann Bayer]] publishes the [[Star cartography#Star atlases|star atlas]] ''[[Uranometria]]'', the first to cover the entire [[celestial sphere]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Isaac|last=Asimov|authorlink=Isaac Asimov|title=[[Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology]]|edition=2nd}}</ref> and introducing a new system of star designation which becomes known as the [[Bayer designation]].
* [[Dutch people|Dutch]] explorer [[Frederick de Houtman]] publishes his observations of the southern hemisphere [[constellation]]s.<ref>As a supplement to his [[grammar]] and dictionary of the [[Malay language|Malay]] and [[Malagasy language]]s, {{cite book|first=Fr.|last=de Houtman|title=Spraeck ende woord-boeck, in de Maleysche ende Madagaskarsche talen, met vele Arabische ende Turcsche woorden. Inhoudende twaelf tsamensprekeninghen inde Maleysche, ende drie in de Madagaskarsche spraken, met alderhande woorden ende namen, ghestela naer dordre vanden A.B.C. alles int Nederduytsch gestellt: noch zijn hier byghevoecht de declinatien van vele vaste Sterren, staende ontrent den Zuyd-pool|location=[[Amsterdam]]|publisher=Jan Evertsz. Cloppenburch|year=1603|url=http://objects.library.uu.nl/reader/index.php?obj=1874-205055&lan=en#page//25/21/32/25213223606406628589176308896733666129.jpg/mode/1up|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref>